Fashion Schools In Missouri
Missouri has 6 accredited fashion schools where fashion faculty who teach fashion classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in fashion in the state of Missouri, which encompasses fashion training at the following levels:
- Associates degree in Fashion
- Bachelors degree in Fashion
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Statistics
Professional Trends
Missouri Vs. National Fashion Employment
| Missouri | 86,460 |
| National | 4,625,040 |
Approximately 2% of the country's fashion professionals work in Missouri state.
Employment Growth for Fashion professionals In Missouri
| 100,890 | 98,620 | 93,460 | 88,730 | 86,460 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
Fashion is a shrinking field in Missouri. 14,430 less fashion professionals were working in Missouri in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Missouri, this field has shrunk by 14% in four years. This decline is faster than the change in the number of fashion professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of fashion professionals has shrunk by 6% from 2006 to 2010.
Fashion VS. All Professions salaries in Missouri
| $45,588 | $43,351 | $46,233 | $46,621 | $45,738 |
| $43,489 | $45,096 | $45,354 | $45,661 | $46,263 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Fashion
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The salaries paid to fashion professionals are growing in Missouri. The mean salary for fashion professionals in 2006 was $45,588 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $45,738 per year.
Salary percentiles for Fashion professionals in Missouri
10th percentile |
$24,232 |
25th percentile |
$30,698 |
50th percentile |
$40,131 |
75th percentile |
$56,670 |
90th percentile |
$73,209 |
This represents a 0% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Missouri, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of fashion. The pay differential between the highest paid fashion professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 111%
Average Salaries for Fashion professionals and related professions in Missouri
Art |
$53,586 |
Fashion |
$45,738 |
Fashion Design |
$50,540 |
Fashion Marketing |
$68,875 |
Fashion Merchandising |
$55,632 |
In Missouri, fashion professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Fashion programs available for each degree type for all schools in Missouri
associate |
2 |
bachelor |
6 |
master |
0 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
0 |
| Total | 8 |
The number of students graduating from the 6 accredited fashion schools in Missouri is increasing. In Missouri, there were 59 graduates in 2006. And there were 86 graduates from fashion courses in 2010.
This represents a 46% increase in the number of fashion degree or certificate school graduates in Missouri state. 75% of these graduates received an bachelor's degree in fashion.